BOMBYX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bombyx mean? 

• BOMBYX (noun)
  The noun BOMBYX has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth

  Familiarity information: BOMBYX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOMBYX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bombyx; genus Bombyx

Hypernyms ("Bombyx" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Bombyx"):

Bombyx mori; domestic silkworm moth; domesticated silkworm moth (stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerce)

silkworm (the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk)

Holonyms ("Bombyx" is a member of...):

Bombycidae; family Bombycidae (Chinese silkworm moth)